Seattle, Washington’s Curse League is a jittery punk-rock ensemble that has been actively playing up and down the West Coast. Introducing their noodley brand of punk-rock with a strong 2016 EP release, many members of the NW math-rock community were left wondering what their next endeavor would sound like. Fast forward a couple of years and with the addition of bassist Alexandria Hickel, Curse League has presented the world with a bold 11 song full-length named Laying by the Fire in Good Company.

There’s always a bunch of great new music released every week, but it’s our job to make sure you don’t miss out on new records from artists that may not be on your radar yet! This week we suggest you check out In the Event of a Crash by Waterfronts.

Washington has been breeding a lot of new noise in the last few years. With a heavily supportive DIY scene, many bands have been trekking on West Coast tours and bringing their particular flair for indie-rock to all willing to listen. One of the most exciting bands to appear from the newer breed of indie-tinged are Seattle, WA’s Newbrighton who came onto the scene with the release of their 2016 EP, Everything. All of It.

The suburbs of Chicago, Illinois are home to countless bands, from classic scene superstars like Fall Out Boy and The Academy Is…, to new wave pop-punk bands like Real Friends and Knuckle Puck, to bands you and I have never heard of because they haven’t made it out basements and backyards yet. Suburban Illinois has proven itself a hotbed for musical talent, which is exactly the kind of environment that allows a band like City Mouth to throw everything they love about music along with all of their post-collegiate anxieties, personal traumas, and struggles with faith into a blender to create an incredible, genre bending, heart-on-its-sleeve masterpiece of an EP entitled Hollows.

Last Friday was an astonishingly great day for new music. Nearly every release was a must-listen, and so many of them surpassed listeners’ expectations. The new Wonder Years, Kississippi, and Hop Along records should definitely be on your radar if they aren’t already. For now, you can read about the debut album from The Aces!